CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Filthy” money 6 Possess 9 Henpecking old crone 14 Bach’s instrument 15 Pendulum direction? 16 Not fastened down

17 Like party crashers 19 Tickle one’s funny bone 20 Work-out facility 21 Like many living room floors 23 Sidewalk eatery 26 Common sprain locale 28 Harmless cysts 29 Surplus amount

31 Sgt., for one 33 Tire holder 34 Dispirited

40 21 sq. km. Pacific country 42 Overly 43 Biathlete, e.g. 44 Didn’t protest at all

47 Fully supportive of 48 Warner Media’s parent co.

49 Rig out once again 51 Answer impudently 54 Give the slip to 57 Bonobos, e.g. 58 Nonstandard 60 Tiny bit of Morse 62 Fertilizer from bats 63 Vancouver Province, e.g. 68 Sought permission 69 Work it out all wrong 70 Where to see hockey games 71 You can plant them

72 Pig’s digs 73 Jitterbug cousin

DOWN

1 Gossett of “An Officer and a Gentleman” 2 Samovar, basically 3 Abbr. for many software-based movie effects 4 The Lone ___ 5 Jealousy relative 6 Many times o’er 7 Sunken ship 8 Like lymphatic tissue

9 Bit of Stooges’ shenanigans 10 School reading assignment, maybe 11 Navigator’s plot 12 German industrial city 13 Dandelions, notably 18 Insect in its final stage 22 Canada’s Saint ___ Goupil 23 Horn-shaped object 24 Bird-related 25 Tibia’s neighbour 27 Pond amphibians 30 Parched or scorched 32 Brahmans, for example

35 Part of NIMBY 36 What pack rats do 37 Overturn

38 A little too quiet, say

39 Visine units 41 Used logic 45 Ledger entry 46 Absolute essentials 50 Sultan Qaboos, for one

51 Old Icelandic tales

52 Treat like dirt 53 Plumber’s drain cleaner 55 Wind direction indicators 56 Ready for action 59 Casting requirements 61 It’s a gem for most Libras 64 Amusingly ironic 65 Female swan 66 Small kind of table 67 “Fahrenheit 451” author Bradbury